Introducing CULT CINEMA CAVALCADE!

Hey readers!  Something fantastic has just happened, though its been in development for over a year, I started a podcast.  Myself and Cullen, who you may know from A Touch Of Crass or the terrific Freddy's Nightmares article he wrote for me last year, launched Cult Cinema Cavalcade yesterday!   Its being hosted on the Dead Radio Entertainment network (where you can find additional podcasting entertainment) We're very excited to be finally on the internet airwaves sharing our discussions of the crazy movies we've been watching together for over two decades now.

Click below or head on over to cultcinemacavalcade.com and check out the first episode where we discuss the 1988 stop motion with pixelation classic, The Wizard of Speed and Time.  The podcast is bi-weekly and drops every monday, so our next episode will be in 2 weeks.  That gives you plenty of time to check out the film we'll be discussing on it.  On the podcast, we not only tell you what the film will be, but also the cheapest and most legal ways you can go about seeing it.  As always, your comments, feedback, reviews, etc is appreciated!  

Impossible Rankings - Ranking the Mission: Impossible Film Series

Its something that seems to slip my mind until the next comes out and was really cemented with Ghost Protocol, but I really think this is one of my all time favorite film franchises.  Minus one entry, every film here is terrific high end entertainment.  Why it slips my mind is that we've only had 5 films in 19 years from it and its never been rebooted.  Plus, each film is so different from one another that its almost like its not a series.  I was a bit of a fan of the reruns, but wouldn't go as far to call myself a "hardcore" Mission: Impossible TV fan.

One that was weird for a film series I'm a big fan of, the rankings for this was one of the easiest tasks I've done.  My picks came right to me and are pretty much definite.  This franchise is full of stunts, suspense, Tom Cruise and tons of fun.  Here is my ranking of the series, from end of fuse all the way to the stick of dynamite.

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

2015

Director: Christopher McQuarrie

Starring: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, Alec Baldwin

Rated; PG-13

You have your seatbelt on?

              ~Ethan Hunt

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

2011

Director: Brad Bird

Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Lea Seydoux, Josh Holloway, Ving Rhames

Rated: PG-13

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

        ~Ethan Hunt

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

Mission: Impossible III aka M:i:III

2006

Director: JJ Abrams

Starring: Tom Cruise, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Michelle Monaghan, Simon Pegg, Maggie Q, Billy Crudup, Keri Russell, Laurence Fishburne, 

Rated: PG-13

That look in your eyes is pain in my ass, you know that, right?

                 ~Luther Stickell

Mission: Impossible II (2000) - with Commentary!

Mission: Impossible II aka M:I-2

2000

Director: John Woo

Starring:  Tom Cruise, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Dougray Scott, Anthony Hopkins

Rated; PG-13

You know, that was the hardest part about having to portray you, grinning like an idiot every fifteen minutes.

                                  ~Sean Ambrose

Mission: Impossible (1996)

Mission: Impossible

1996

Director: Brian De Palma

Starring: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Beart, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emilio Estevez, Henry Czerny, Vanessa Redgrave

Rated; PG-13

RED LIGHT! GREEN LIGHT!

~Ethan Hunt